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I know this is not the right place but check out my Ital Van in the classified for sale, needs to go very soon.
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Steve

Tickets bought, always a great day out if you like rallying, especially the older stuff which in my view is always better to watch.
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Steve

Yep, I've got them and sure enough they do look good quality, I haven't tried fitting them yet, but they can't be any worse than pattern steel wings, can they?
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:shh: Malta to Norway, now that's a real save , :clap: all I had to do was persuade the owner not to cut it up for scrap, arrange with the owners of the adjoining property (a Lord of the Realm no less) to drive the loadall over their lovely garden and, lift the van over the hedge all without causing...

You may regret asking that question Ben, loads of pictures hopefully some interesting shots amongst them, just have to upload to photobucket then I'll start posting.
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Steve

Well it's taken 11 months and a lot more work than originally planned, but took my Ital van for Mot today, first time it's been driven for 15 years! hell of a first road test. Passed first time no advisories, tester let me set the mixture during the test, and also adjust the headlamp alignment on th...

I don't want to put a dampner on this BUT, it's not unusual for dodgy dealers/mechanics to swap over the Oil pressure warning light for the Battery warning light, :evil: someone is more likely to except a flickering Battery light rather than a flickering Oil warning light. :oops: A simple check woul...

The pickup I was referring to in my earlier post was around 1972 on an L reg, this one is later on an M reg, can someone else confirm this somehow, my memory isn't what it used to be, but the Lex pickup was deinately L reg. :eh: Cheers Steve p.s. I believe that the other garages in the Lex group at ...

I can remember back in 1972 when I was working for LEX Newport the stores department were "given" one of these pre-production 7cwt pick ups for evaluation. I can't remember what the original colour was, but during it's time with LEX it was white with orange stripes. They had this vehicle f...

In all my years in the motor trade I have never failed to un-seize a clutch either by driving a few miles, or more often jacking the driven wheels of the ground, starting the car in gear, (the highest possible), then just keep pumping the clutch and keeping a reasonable speed, (not over-revving) thi...

E.Bay have told me I need to wait until the 12th before I can start the dispute process, paid for items on the 25th August but need to wait until 12th September before it's officially not going to turn up. Still not getting any response from him/her, if he/she has died or something equally unfortuna...

Thanks Sean, yes I always check the feedback this guy has 450 at 100% so no alarm bells there, my problem now is he hasn't repied to my e.mails. So at the moment I'm over £60:00 out of pocket and no sign of getting my goods, it's not as if these things are plentyfull, these were the first that I hav...

Yes, it was meeeeee, count yourself lucky, you have still got your money, I no longer have the money or the kits.
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Steve

Hi folks, just to let you all know, about 2 weeks ago, (12 days actually) I won 2 ebay auctions for Marina Van & Marina Pickup body kits to suit Vanguards models. Some people on here may remember them as they are quite rare. Anyway 12 days later and I still haven't recieved them, the seller isn'...

Have to agree, half the fun of owning a Marina / Ital is driving on the edge, I think your tyre pressures are definately to high, I run my pickup with 30psi all round, handles surprisingly well for old van. I drive my pickup quite hard but it's never caught me out, although it has surprised many oth...